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Essential HTML tags

This document provides a comprehensive reference of HTML tags, including their descriptions and uses. It covers various categories such as basic structure tags, text formatting tags, links and media, lists, tables, forms, and semantic elements. The document serves as a useful guide for anyone looking to understand and utilize HTML effectively.

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Essential HTML tags

This document provides a comprehensive reference of HTML tags, including their descriptions and uses. It covers various categories such as basic structure tags, text formatting tags, links and media, lists, tables, forms, and semantic elements. The document serves as a useful guide for anyone looking to understand and utilize HTML effectively.

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Comprehensive HTML Tags Reference

1 Introduction
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language for creating web
pages. Below is a comprehensive list of HTML tags along with their descriptions.

2 Basic Structure Tags


• <!DOCTYPE html> - Defines the document type and version of HTML.
• <html> - The root element of an HTML page.
• <head> - Contains metadata, links to stylesheets, and scripts.
• <title> - Defines the title of the document (shown in the browser tab).
• <body> - Contains the content of the webpage.
• <meta> - Provides metadata about the document (character set, viewport,
etc.).
• <link> - Links external resources such as CSS files.
• <script> - Embeds JavaScript code.
• <noscript> - Defines content to be shown if JavaScript is disabled.

3 Text Formatting Tags


• <h1> to <h6> - Heading tags, where <h1> is the largest and <h6> is the
smallest.
• <p> - Defines a paragraph.
• <b> - Makes text bold.
• <strong> - Represents important text (bold).
• <i> - Makes text italic.
• <em> - Represents emphasized text (italic).

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• <u> - Underlines text.
• <mark> - Highlights text.
• <small> - Displays smaller text.
• <del> - Displays deleted text (strikethrough).

• <ins> - Displays inserted text (underlined).


• <sub> - Displays subscript text.
• <sup> - Displays superscript text.

• <br> - Inserts a line break.


• <hr> - Inserts a horizontal line.
• <pre> - Displays preformatted text.
• <code> - Defines a piece of computer code.

• <kbd> - Represents keyboard input.


• <samp> - Represents sample output from a computer program.

4 Links and Media


• <a href="URL"> - Creates a hyperlink.
• <img src="URL" alt="description"> - Displays an image.
• <audio controls> - Embeds an audio file with playback controls.

• <video controls> - Embeds a video file with playback controls.


• <source> - Specifies media sources inside <audio> or <video>.
• <iframe> - Embeds another webpage or media content.
• <embed> - Embeds external applications (like PDFs or Flash).

• <object> - Embeds an external object, such as multimedia.

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5 Lists
• <ul> - Defines an unordered list (bulleted list).
• <ol> - Defines an ordered list (numbered list).
• <li> - Defines a list item inside <ul> or <ol>.
• <dl> - Defines a description list.
• <dt> - Defines a term in a description list.
• <dd> - Defines a description of a term in a description list.

6 Tables
• <table> - Defines a table.
• <tr> - Defines a table row.
• <td> - Defines a table cell (data).
• <th> - Defines a table header cell.
• <thead> - Groups the header content in a table.
• <tbody> - Groups the body content in a table.
• <tfoot> - Groups the footer content in a table.
• <caption> - Defines a table caption.
• <colgroup> - Specifies a group of columns in a table.
• <col> - Specifies column properties for each column within a <colgroup>.

7 Forms and Input Elements


• <form> - Defines a form.
• <input> - Defines an input field (text, password, radio, checkbox, etc.).
• <label> - Labels an input field.
• <textarea> - Defines a multi-line text input.
• <button> - Creates a clickable button.
• <select> - Creates a dropdown list.
• <option> - Defines an option in a dropdown list.
• <fieldset> - Groups related input fields in a form.
• <legend> - Defines a title for a <fieldset>.

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8 Div and Span
• <div> - A block-level container used for grouping elements.
• <span> - An inline container used for styling parts of text.

9 Semantic Elements
• <header> - Represents the header section of a page.
• <nav> - Represents navigation links.
• <section> - Defines a section in a document.

• <article> - Represents an independent piece of content.


• <aside> - Represents sidebar content.
• <footer> - Represents the footer section of a page.
• <main> - Represents the main content of the document.

• <figure> - Groups media content with captions.


• <figcaption> - Provides a caption for a figure.

10 Conclusion
This document covers a broad set of essential HTML tags useful for structuring,
formatting, and enhancing web pages.

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